Chapter 598: The boos of the Quick Loan Arena
The middle two teams because of the switch home and away, so the league's rest time was given two days, after two days of rest, the Lakers gathered to Cleveland's quick loan arena, ready to go to the away game to challenge the Cavaliers, if the Lakers can still win this game, then this series can basically declare the Lakers victory, but the Cavaliers will definitely not give up the championship title to the Lakers so easily, The Lakers are bound to be defended by their toughest defense of the season, and the home fans will be doing their best to help the Cavaliers put pressure on the Lakers.
At the beginning of the game, Gasol beat Tristan Thompson this time and gave the racket to Solomon Hill, Solomon Hill took two steps forward after receiving the ball, and then immediately handed the ball to Ye Xuan's hands, but as soon as Ye Xuan received the basketball, the audience immediately erupted into a burst of super boos, which made Ye Xuan feel much more exaggerated than when he went to the home court of the Spurs to play the finals.
Today's ESPN commentators on the sidelines are Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, two brothers, these two are now doing well in ESPN, quite a bit of the feeling of singing against TNT's cross talk group, as soon as he heard a huge boo suddenly from the court, Van Gundy immediately spoke, "It can be seen that the home atmosphere of the Cavaliers today is very good, and such a devil's home stadium can put a lot of pressure on the away players on the field, But I don't know if this pressure has an impact on Ye Xuan and a few others, you must know that whether it is Ye Xuan, Wade or Gasol, these three have proven themselves in the finals, maybe other young players of the Lakers team will be affected, but I think the three main players of the Lakers team should not be affected too much. ”
Mark Jackson immediately answered, "We all know that this situation is very difficult for the Cavaliers, they are 0:2 behind, this game has almost forced them into a corner, if this game still fails to achieve a final victory, then I feel that the Cavaliers will even be swept away, if the Cavaliers can break up the momentum of the Lakers in this game, then maybe the Cavaliers can have an advantage in the next game." ”
Not to mention how to analyze the two commentators on the sidelines, Ye Xuan's side was not affected by the boos at all, after the ball came to the front court, Ye Xuan directly pulled it up and made an ultra-long three-point shot one step away from the three-point line, George Hill, who was responsible for defending Ye Xuan, was still observing the position of other players while retreating at this time, and he didn't notice Ye Xuan's actions at all, and after Ye Xuan hit this three-point shot, the audience at the scene also instantly turned off for about two seconds, and then another burst of boos sounded, However, Ye Xuan completely ignored these boos and slowly retreated to the backcourt to defend.
After James came to the front court with the ball, Solomon Hill quickly put on the kraft candy, and unlike Leonard's defense that relies on feet and body together, Solomon Hill relies more on his own stalking and lateral movement when he defends. So when James is defended by Solomon, the consumption of physical energy will be greater, this attack James did not choose to attack by himself, and directly handed the ball to Kyrie Owen on the side, after Owen got the ball, he still wanted to directly break through Ye Xuan to score points, but Ye Xuan could not give him this opportunity, and directly stuck a lateral movement on Owen's breakthrough route, Owen had no choice but to pass the ball back to James to reorganize the attack.
After James got the ball again, he saw that the offensive time was less than 8 seconds, so he chose to force a breakthrough directly, and after taking two steps inward with the advantage of physical strength, a split ball found Solomon Hill, who had just run out of the vacancy, and Solomon Hill received the ball without mercy and hit a 3-point shot directly. It turned out that Wade and Solomon Hill were not able to chase down George Hill in time after switching defenses, and when they started to chase and defend, they were blocked by Tristan Thompson, George Hill took the opportunity to slip the bottom line and ran out of the gap, and then received a pass in the bottom right corner and hit a three-pointer.
Ye Xuan saw that the opponent immediately returned a three-point score, and he was also very unhappy. After receiving the baseline serve in the backcourt, Ye Xuan immediately came to the front court with the ball, called Larry Nance Jr. to help block and dismantle, and took advantage of a small gap after this block and dismantle to directly retreat and shoot, and it was another difficult three-point shot, and the boos on the scene were still the same, but it was obviously a little embarrassing by Ye Xuan's two consecutive three-pointers, so the boos were a little smaller.
The Cavaliers attacked with the ball again, this time the Lakers still let Solomon Hill defend, in order to let James consume more physical strength, so that his role on the offensive end gradually decreased, James held the ball and looked at Solomon Hill in front of him, and he was also very unhappy, and he was ready to force a breakthrough through the opponent, but just after James started, the Lakers immediately contracted Wade's defense and wrapped him, so James had to pass the ball out again, and it was Irving who received the ball, Irving didn't stop after receiving the ball, and directly handed the ball to Tristan Thompson, Thompson hit the ball twice and then dropped the ball with a back-to-back layup, but unfortunately this shot ended in iron.
However, Lefou's performance today has to be said, which can be described as very active, even if he did not participate in the two offensive touches, but his off-ball cover and inside cut caused some pressure on the Lakers' interior line, and Tristan Thompson's ball hit the iron, it was Lefu again, and Gasol grabbed the frontcourt rebound, and after grabbing the frontcourt rebound, Lefu did not choose to pass the ball again, but directly turned around and hit the ball with a hook. The audience at the scene also did not hesitate to applaud and cheer, which was in stark contrast to the boos just now.
The Lakers had to serve in the backcourt, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball and came to the frontcourt, this time he didn't choose to project three points on the outside, because George Hill directly chose to lead the defense on the court, which made Ye Xuan's ability to get very limited space for activities, and Ye Xuan didn't want to go to the outside to wave, so that the opponent's defense could not feel the pressure, and when the time came, if the hand was not good, and the offensive feeling of other teammates was lost by his own wave throwing, then it would be embarrassing to win the game. So Ye Xuan chose to pass the ball this time, but he didn't simply hand the ball to Wade singles, but called Larry Nance Jr. to help block and dismantle, and then came to a breakthrough point, the effect of this breakthrough point was relatively average, but it still helped Wade tear out some space on the inside, Wade also decisively chose to break through again after receiving the ball, and finally scored a backhand layup after avoiding Lefou's defense in the air.
Looking back, James continued to receive the ball in the front court and prepared to organize the attack, but this time James did not choose to force a single solo Solomon Hill, but waved his hand to call Tristan Thompson to help block and dismantle, and then after passing Solomon Hill, he forced Ye Xuan's supplementary defense to pull up a two-point, although this is not James's conventional offensive method, but it still let him hit.
In the following round, the Lakers' offense also began to have problems, Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court to call Gasol to block and dismantle, and then began to break through with the ball, the opponent immediately divided his troops to wrap Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan naturally habitually distributed the ball to the outside line, Wade received the ball and quickly passed the ball to the unguarded Solomon Hill, Hill received the ball and was a three-point shot, but the result was iron, maybe because the huge pressure when defending James made his hand feel a little cold, so the ball was a little outrageous, After the direct three non-sticks, it fell into the hands of Irving, and after Irving held the basketball, he launched a fast attack.
Irving's speed is good, of course, the Lakers' defensive speed is also good, but James's fast speed is even more amazing, after overtaking Solomon Hill who returned to the defense in the left arc, he received Irving's pass and hit the ball with one arm dunk directly, and the audience at the scene once again burst into cheers, and the MVP cries began to sound, James's offense in these few rounds, as well as his status in the Cavaliers and Cleveland, can indeed allow him to enjoy this treatment here.
However, after that, the feeling of the two teams began to decline, and in the next two or three rounds, the attacks of both teams ended in iron, and the ultra-high shooting rate at the beginning of the game dropped in an instant, but this also reflected that both teams have put a certain amount of effort into defense, so it will be difficult for the opponent to score. However, while the two teams were fighting each other, Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines also found something unusual, so he took the opportunity of the already dull scene to tell his discovery: "Mark, do you think there is anything different on the field?" ”
Mark Jackson is still scratching his head at this time, this game is starting to fight each other, how to explain this? So he replied angrily, "What's the difference?" Could it be that there really are two transparent lids on the basket in the Quickloan Arena today?"
Van Gundy shrugged his shoulders with a smile, and then said, "Have you noticed that something is wrong between Tristan Thompson and Irving, these two have not cooperated once in the game, as long as it is Irving's breakthrough, the call is Lefou, what happened to these two?" They were rookies who were drafted by the Cavaliers in the same year, and no matter who on the Cavaliers had a conflict with whom, I can't imagine that the two of them were at odds with each other. ”
Compared with Van Gundy's open-mouthedness, Mark Jackson was much more cautious, and quickly said, "Jeff, don't take the matter of their team's locker room, maybe the reason why the two of them don't cooperate with each other is because the tactics don't have the tactics of the two of them?" Or it's just a simple happy shout, you can't just say that others have a conflict because of a few rounds of non-cooperation, right? ”
Jeff Van Gundy smiled noncommittally, anyway, he just didn't have anything to say, so he didn't dwell on this matter, and the two teams on the court didn't have long to fight, the Cavaliers took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity in the eighth minute of the game to replace George Hill with Korver, and at the same time replaced Tristan Thompson with Richard Jefferson. The Lakers didn't make any substitutions, and as long as their current roster is a little smoother, it can be a matter of minutes.
The substitution is over, the Lakers serve on the sideline, Ye Xuan slowly controls the basketball to the three-point line, the current situation is not very clear, both sides are still in the stalemate stage, but at this time, it is more necessary for superstar players like Ye Xuan or James to break such a deadlock, facing Richard Jefferson who defended himself, Ye Xuan did not stingy with his physical strength this time and changed direction twice in a row to retreat, and then suddenly started again and finally succeeded in getting rid of Jefferson's defense, After entering the penalty area, he successfully caused Lefu's foul, although the ball did not go in, and he was not able to score 2+1 for the team, but for Ye Xuan, two free throws and a mid-range shot have the same effect.
After hitting two free throws, Ye Xuan's score has quietly come to 10 points, you must know that now the Lakers have only scored 19 points in total, and Ye Xuan alone has contributed half. But looking back, James also began to exert his strength, no way, unlike the Lakers' three-core, although the current Cavaliers are also three star players, but Irving is completely locked up, and Love is not very active, and there are not too many ways to help the Cavaliers break the deadlock in the positional offense, so the Cavaliers can only rely on James' personal ability to break out of the siege after falling into a stalemate.
However, I have to say that James's personal ability is indeed strong, and after controlling the ball to the frontcourt, he immediately used his body to force Solomon Hill, who had not yet settled and stood firm, and after knocking Solomon Hill away in two steps, a mounted archery-style shot shot shot the ball. Although the Lakers were unwilling, they could only serve in the gray backcourt, and Ye Xuan immediately handed the ball to Wade after controlling the ball and coming to the frontcourt, hoping that Wade could return the color.
However, Wade was obviously not ready to play the ball himself, after receiving the ball, he made two feints and then broke through two steps inside before passing the ball to the outside, Solomon Hill received the ball and was a three-point shot, but unfortunately his hand still did not return, and this three-point shot hit iron again. The Cavaliers grabbed the backcourt rebound and quickly began to fight back, James controlled the ball to the front court and then passed the ball to the hands of Korver, who had run to the bottom line, Korver received the ball is a three-point shot, the hand is up and down, and in the three-point shot, the Cavaliers have unknowingly achieved a 7-point lead.